Yearning

See how we are all yearning,

how we reach, and cycle back,

see how we pursue what we believe

will give us what we need —

we reach, we grasp, we cycle back

Whatever stories we may try to use

as traction, to show some progress,

relative at least,

against the wave of others who are striving,

just keep us in the loop of not receiving

Look! We are all yearning,

and what we want is really all the same,

and no one’s course is any more approved

than any other.

Let us join hands,

for in this gesture we may find

(hands clasped, hearts unshielded,

 current flowing)

if we can’t give each other

what each other needs,

we’ll still begin approaching what we long for,

we’ll still create the openness

that lets us each receive.

©Wendy Mulhern

March 16, 2016